pudgy
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From pudge + -y, or an alteration of pudsy.
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pudgy (comparative pudgier, superlative pudgiest)
- Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
- Synonym: podgy
- The pudgy child had a difficult time running the mile.
- 2015 September 3, Patrick Boehler, “Trending on Chinese Social Media: Xi’s Salute, an Autocrat’s Son and Winnie the Pooh”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 January 2024, World:
- Censored photos included one of Winnie the Pooh in a car (Internet users in China have long likened Mr. Xi to images of the pudgy bear) and another of the Obama family purportedly watching the parade on television.
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Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby
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